Plant a seed, save a planet

It's the smallest thing but possibly the grandest gesture you can do today...
Plant a tree seed.

It can be a pip from an apple, an acorn from an oak or a winged nut from a maple - you can even go crazy and buy a whole packet of tree seeds from your local garden centre if you want.
It doesn't really matter what tree seed you plant, so long as you plant it. And the best seeds - those with the greatest chance of growing large and living long - are seeds from trees that grow naturally where you live.

 

Planting a seed is possibly the grandest gesture you can do today

But where do you plant it?

On the side of the side of the street, in your garden, in the park, on the side of a field or next to a wood... anywhere where there's space and light.

Why it matters

Trees and forests provide habitats to diverse animal species, and they also form the source of livelihood for lots of people as well. They offer timber and non-timber products, and various recreational options. They prevent soil erosion, help in maintaining the water cycle, and help check global warming by using carbon dioxide in photosynthesis.

Yet we are losing them.

But it's not just the trees we are losing. The entire ecosystem begins to come apart, with dire consequences for all of us. Thus, it is quite scary that over the past 50 years, about half the world's original forest cover has been lost, the most significant cause for that being humans beings' unsystematic use of its resources.

Take action

Make a personal commitment now and pledge to plant a tree seed

It really is that simple! Here's what you do:

Put down that keyboard
Pick up that seed
Take your finger
Go save your only planet.

That's it. You've taken a step, an action, that helps our only planet - the planet we depend on and cling to - breathe a little easier (quite literally).